Explore the Paris Rulebook and how it impacts my daily life at school

Starter

Ask the children the following questions: What is the Paris rulebook? Have you come across this term before? explain that the Paris Rulebook is a set of rules for certain countries to follow that tackle climate change. It aims to cover the process of making climate change less severe to help countries adapt to its effects and to fund eco-friendly plans.

Main Teaching

This lesson explores the history of the Paris Agreement and establishes the key figure of Greta Thunberg, highlighting the impact that the children have the potential to make in climate activism. As well as this, it highlights the steps that still need to be taken to ensure net zero.

Career Film: This is Robert Alford. Robert works in Nuclear Innovation and Research for National Nuclear Laboratory.

Expert Film: This is Robert Alford. Robert works in Nuclear Innovation and Research for National Nuclear Laboratory. Robert talks about the Climate Change Conference.

Mission Assignment

Ask the children to create their own Paris Agreement for their school, which everyone can buy into. What will they need to consider? What will their Paris Agreement include? How will they make sure everyone follows the rules they have laid out? What steps will they need to take to implement it? Encourage the children to think about events to raise awareness and campaigning for their own Paris Agreement.

Challenge task: Ask the children to choose any country in the world (whether they are a participating country or not) to implement their Paris Agreement in and conduct some research into areas that need to change. Assess current climate systems and suggest some changes that this country could make.